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City hall retains little leverage to determine what sort of development will replace Saskatoon’s old Fourth Avenue police station, city council heard Monday. Council unanimously approved the sale of the vacated police station building and adjacent parking lot on Monday to Duchuck Holdings Ltd. for $10.7 million. Some councillors expressed concern about the lack of […]

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A man was sitting in his truck Friday morning when two robbers approached with a gun and bear spray. The pair then made him their chauffeur. The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Fairlight Drive and Fairmont Drive, according to Saskatoon police. The suspects, an indigenous man and woman, forced the victim to […]

Police are looking for a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy who allegedly assaulted and shot another teen in the leg with a BB gun at a Saskatoon high school on Thursday afternoon. The students allegedly entered the school, located in the 100 block of Bowlt Crescent, and assaulted, then shot a 15-year-old boy before […]

Faced with an initial budget projection that would see property taxes rise by 3.97 per cent if newly elected councillors are unable to whittle down the city’s spending when they begin deliberations at the end of November, it’s understandable that Mayor Charlie Clark and some others might balk at Police Chief Clive Weighill’s request to add […]

An increasing number of calls to the city’s rapidly-growing eastside neighbourhoods are putting a strain on officers, a major reason the Saskatoon Police Service is asking for a $3.3-million budget increase, according to the preliminary budget request. The SPS is asking for four new patrol officers to staff areas such as Willowgrove, Evergreen and Stonebridge, and also prepare for the […]

Saskatoon’s new mayor thinks the city’s preliminary 2017 budget gives residents what they want. Charlie Clark gave general support Monday to the budget, which proposes a property tax increase of 3.97 per cent. The hike would add $67.55 to the 2017 tax bill for the average Saskatoon home with an assessed value of $325,000. The final increase approved by city […]

After a civic election campaign that focused on spending, debt and taxes, the City of Saskatoon’s preliminary 2017 budget proposes an almost-identical property tax increase as one year ago. The city’s preliminary budget projects a property tax increase of 3.97 per cent, equivalent to $67.55 more in 2017 for the average Saskatoon household assessed at $325,000. […]

Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark thinks slower growth means the city is less inclined to add a “substantial” number of new police officers in the 2017 budget. The total cost of policing in 2017 remained unresolved by Monday’s release of the City of Saskatoon’s 2017 preliminary budget. The final proposed cost of policing will not be […]

Police insensitive Re: Mounties ‘racist’ toward Boushie family, lawyer says (Oct. 22). What stands out for me from this story is how the RCMP apparently treated Colten Boushie’s family when police came to notify them of his death. Debbie Baptiste, Boushie’s mother, had her home rummaged through without any permission to do so. She was […]

The preliminary hearing for three people who were charged after police raided the Saskatchewan Compassion Club — a medical marijuana dispensary operating in downtown Saskatoon — began Thursday in provincial court. Mark Phillip Hauk, Lane Anthony Britnell and Jaime Michelle Hagel each face three marijuana trafficking charges and one charge of possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000. […]

A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with firearms offences after police on Wednesday executed a high-risk search warrant in the 1600 block of Avenue C North. Inside the home, officers found a Winchester rifle, 7.75 grams of methamphetamine, 5.6 grams of marihuana, and 10 counterfeit Canadian $100 bills, Saskatoon police said in a press release. The man is […]

Investigators who collected evidence from the home where Benjamin Green’s body was found in Saskatoon testified that a black cord was wrapped around the victim’s neck. Photos from the scene were entered as exhibits on Wednesday at the ongoing first-degree murder trial of Anthony John Quattrocchi, who is accused of strangling the 38-year-old with a ligature before […]

Saskatoon police arrested three people Wednesday morning after receiving a report of shots fired in a home in the 300 block of Avenue P South. Upon arrival officers were told two female suspects had tried to rob a male and female victim and had pointed a handgun at them inside the home, police said in a news release. A […]

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a Saskatoon police officer who was convicted of obstruction of justice in June 2015. Const. Steve Nelson was found guilty of obstruction after a police statement in a 2012 domestic assault investigation went missing. The judge who found Nelson guilty questioned whether the incident suggested a […]

The sudden death of an inmate at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre is being investigated by the Saskatoon Police Service major crimes unit. Saskatoon police were called to the Correctional Centre on Saturday shortly before 6 p.m. after a report of an unresponsive inmate. MD Ambulance also responded but the 49-year-old man could not be revived, police […]

Police received a call around 5:35 a.m. Saturday that two people had been stabbed in the 600 block of Wardlow Road. When officers arrived, they found two men suffering from stab wounds to the chest and abdomen, according to a news release. Both were transported to hospital and are in serious but stable condition. The investigation is ongoing.

The Lighthouse planned to start turning away people who aren’t paid for by the province Wednesday night in the face of underfunding, executive director Don Windels said. “We probably should have turned all these people away way back when. I honestly didn’t want to do it because it hurts our staff, it hurts all of us to be […]

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